Farm bill hearings begin

Apr 30, 2010

On Friday, April 30, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson begins a series of field hearings to hear from people about U.S. farm policy in advance of the 2012 farm bill.

Starting Friday, the House Agriculture Committee will hold hearings in Des Moines, Iowa; Nampa, Idaho; Fresno, Calif.; and Cheyenne, Wyo. The Committee will hold a second series of field hearings May 14-18, in Morrow, Ga.; Troy, Ala.; Lubbock, Texas; and Sioux Falls, S.D.

Details for the farm bill field hearings are included below. For those who cannot attend the hearings, the House Agriculture Committee plans to provide live video coverage of each hearing on the Committee's Web site: http://agriculture.house.gov/hearings/audio.html.